Chapter 36

Today is sunny and cloudless.

Yan Da Miao rolled on the ground and licked his paws. He was a calico cat, the male god of the cat world. He had been wandering since he could remember.

If you are lucky, there will be kind people feeding you cat food and cat strips. If you are unlucky, you will have to eat some inedible garbage.

Recently, it has been quite lucky. It has found a home that can shelter it from the wind and rain, and the biped humans feed it cat food and clean water. Every day it only needs to lie on the ground and let the humans rub its belly, touch its chin, and pinch its little paws.

The only thing that made it unhappy was that there was a Maine Coon cat that often followed it stealthily, wanting to fall in love with it. Yan Damiao sighed when he thought of this. They were both male cats, so how could they fall in love?

Besides, it is a beautiful calico cat. It should be with calico cats, or at least with tabby cats. How can it be with Maine Coon cats?

It was so black and ugly that Yan Da meowed to express his dissatisfaction.

Before Yan Damao finished complaining, he yawned and opened his eyes. He saw the Maine Coon standing in front of his head, staring at his face.

"Meow! What do you want to do!" Yan Da Miao stood up immediately, "I'm telling you, I won't fall in love with you."

The Maine Coon licked its paw sadly and stared at it innocently.

"Well," Yan Da Miao saw how sad it was and felt pity for it. He persuaded it in a gentle voice: "I'm telling you, we are both male cats and can't be together. Cats are in estrus in spring. What do you think we two male cats should do?"

The Maine Coon said nothing, but just looked heartbroken.

Yan Damiao was speechless. He is still a romantic man.

"My name is Yan Da Miao, what's your name?" Yan Da Miao stretched out his paw to greet.

The Maine Coon shook its paw and said, "I don't have a name. I only know my last name is Shang."

Oh, how pitiful.

Yan Da Miao seemed to be thinking: "Then you can hang out with Mi from now on. Since Mi is called Yan Da Miao, then you can be called Shang Xiao Miao."

"Okay." Shang Xiaomiao was very happy because he had a name.

"First of all," Yan Da Miao began to impart his experience, "you have to train your nose and smell hard. If some food smells strange or smells bad, don't eat it, it might be poisonous. Every human's scent is different. Pleasant smells are good people, and unpleasant smells are bad people."

Shang Xiaomao was listening with great interest.

"If you meet a bad guy, you should run away immediately, preferably to a high place so they can't catch you," said Yan Damiao. "If you meet a good guy, you can let him pet you, and then you can eat delicious cat food."

"Remember?" Yan Da Miao patted its head with a paw, "Shang Xiao Miao."

"Remember!" Shang Xiaomao said loudly.

Yan Da Miao turned around and suddenly said, "See? Those humans coming over there are good people. I've eaten a lot of delicious food they gave me. You can learn from them later."

Shang Xiaomao nodded.

The human quickly came over and touched Yan Damiao's tail. Yan Damiao felt very comfortable and raised his butt high.

"Oh my god!"

"Cousin, is this the high-paying job in the city you told Mi about?"

Shang Xiaomao turned around and suddenly a tabby cat appeared beside him.

"Hello," the tabby cat stretched out its paw. "My name is Orange. I'm a tabby cat from the countryside."

Shang Xiao Miao shook its paw and said, "Meow, my name is Shang Xiao Miao."

Yan Da Miao also noticed Orange and ran over with all four paws, "Why are you here just now?"

"The tricycle broke down on the way and delayed us for half a day." Orange said, "Cousin, this is what you do in the city!"

"What's wrong?" Yan Da Miao clapped his paws, "Just let humans touch it and you can eat clean food."

"Okay." Orange reluctantly accepted the reality. He thought his cousin lived in a luxurious villa in the city, slept in a 180-meter-long bed, had two hundred servants to serve him every day, and was spoiled by his master with endless food and wine.

It turned out to be just a stray cat in the city, and had to sell her beauty in exchange for food.

The gap between reality and fantasy is too big. Orange feels lonely and feels that Yan Damiao has a hard time.

Cat food and water were already placed in front of them. Today, Orange and Shang Xiaomao suddenly came, and the humans were caught off guard. The cat food they brought was very little and not enough for them to eat.

Yan Da Miao wiped his mouth and said, "You guys eat, I'm not hungry, I just had salmon this morning!"

After Shang Xiaomao and Orange finished their meal, the humans left and told them to bring them more food tomorrow.

As the sky grew darker, a drizzle began to fall.

"Cousin," Orange said, "It's raining, let's hide under the car."

"You're so stupid," Yan Da Miao looked around. "Hide under the car. Once the humans start, you'll be crushed into a meat patty! Only stupid cats can hide under the car. Come on, I'll take you to my secret base."

The three cats crossed the road in a mighty procession, passed through the houses where humans lived, and hid in an abandoned building.

"This is great, it keeps out the wind and rain." Yan Damiao banged the door open with his head, and dust flew in his face.

The house was dilapidated and there was nothing in it except a few discarded tires and plastic boxes.

Yan Da Miao bit the plastic bowl and placed it by the window to collect rainwater. "If you're thirsty at night, come here and drink water."

After a whole day of traveling, Orange was exhausted and jumped into a tire and fell asleep.

Yan Da Miao also lay down in the tire, ready to have a good sleep, but suddenly his body felt heavy. He opened his eyes and found that Shang Xiao Miao had also squeezed in.

"What for?" Yan Da Miao asked, "Aren't there extra tires over there?"

Shang Xiao Miao licked Yan Damiao's paw and said, "It's too dirty."

Yan Damiao rolled his eyes, thinking that city cats were too pretentious.

It didn't want to sleep in a crowded place and was very hungry, so it jumped out of the tire and sat by the window in a daze.

Shang Xiaomao thought Yan Damiao disliked it, and then remembered that Yan Damiao had not eaten dinner, so it quietly slipped out.

Yan Da Miao yawned, washed his face, and prepared to go back to his nest to sleep. When he turned his head, he saw Shang Xiao Miao coming back all wet.

"Are you stupid?" Yan Da Miao exploded. "What if you get sick and die from being caught in the rain?"

As stray cats, they are already very likely to die. Shang Xiaomao, a long-haired cat, was caught in the rain, which made it very angry.

Shang Xiaomao opened his mouth, put the salmon into a plastic bowl, and pushed it in front of Yan Damao.

"eat."

Yan Da Miao stared at the salmon in the bowl, swallowed, and then looked up at Shang Xiao Miao: "Did you steal it? I won't eat stolen food. I never steal human food."

"No," Shang Xiao Miao shook his head. "I found it. It's in a plastic bag. It's scraps that humans don't want."

Yan Da Miao looked at the salmon and saw that it was indeed made up of fat scraps. He lowered his head and ate it in big mouthfuls, leaving a piece for Shang Xiao Miao. "I can't eat any more, you eat it."

Shang Xiaomiao bit the salmon slowly, and Yan Damao thought, how elegant, even eating slowly.

It went around behind Shang Xiaomiao and licked Shang Xiaomiao's fur.

Shang Xiaomao felt it and turned to look at it.

"What are you looking at!" Yan Da Miao said confidently, "We lick your fur because we're afraid you'll get sick and infect us."

Shang Xiaomao turned around, finished eating the salmon, and began to lick his paws.

While licking its fur, Yan Da Miao muttered to himself, "This long-haired cat is so troublesome. I've been licking its fur for a long time but it still doesn't stop. My tongue is so tired!"

After licking the fur, Yan Damao was so tired that he collapsed on the ground. Shang Xiaomao walked over and kissed his mouth.

Before Yan Da Miao could react, his eyes widened and his face flushed: "Who allowed you to kiss me?"

Shang Xiao Miao rubbed it: "I like you."

Yan Da Miao was so angry. City cats are so shameless!

It lay down in the tire and closed its eyes to sleep. In a daze, it felt something heavy on its back. It knew it was Shang Xiaomao, but it didn't chase it away.

The next day, Yan Damiao woke up early, drank water, washed his face, and patrolled the area to see if there were any suspicious humans. After completing all the tasks, he swaggered back into the house.

Orange has woken up and is drinking water.

Shang Xiao Miao was still sleeping in, so Yan Da Miao walked over and bit it, "Hurry up and get up. As a stray cat, you don't have the right to sleep in."

Shang Xiaomao got up slowly and followed it out hunting.

Three cats came to their old territory. Unfortunately, there were uninvited guests in their territory, three new stray cats.

The leading one-eyed cat said, "This is our territory. You are not allowed here anymore!"

"Why?" Orange rushed forward, "We found this place first!"

The one-eyed cat bared its teeth at it, "Then let's have a fight. Whoever wins gets this place!"

Three cats fought against three cats, and no one could tell the winner.

All six cats had bruises on their faces. Yan Da Miao took a deep breath and said, "From now on, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are yours, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays are ours, and Sundays are for everyone."

"Okay." The one-eyed cat licked the wound.

Today is Sunday, and the six cats are guarding this territory, fearing that there will be new outsiders who will steal their food.

At noon, humans arrived with bags on their backs.

Due to the lack of food yesterday, humans carried a large bag of cat food and mineral water today.

Seeing the increasing number of stray cats, Human A was troubled and said, "Catch them and get them sterilized."

Human B said, "Okay, wait another week. I'll be free then."

Yan Da Miao trembled when he heard this. He knew about sterilization. After sterilization, he would become a eunuch and would never be able to fall in love again. He had never been in love in his cat life and didn't want to become a eunuch so early.

After eating and drinking, Yan Damiao lay on the ground leisurely to bask in the sun.

It turned around and asked curiously, "Shang Xiao Miao, have you ever been in love?"

"No." Shang Xiao Miao replied, "I'm ugly."

Yan Damiao said: "Who dares to say you are ugly! You are just a little troublesome, a little hairy, a little delicate, and a little darker."

Orange blinked: "That's why it can't find its partner."

"How can you undermine someone's self-confidence?" Yan Damiao turned around and said, "Although it's not as good-looking as a calico or tabby cat, it's said that humans like them very much."

"Wow!" Orange showed admiration, "Shang Xiao Miao, your future wealthy life depends on you! You must marry into a wealthy family!"

Shang Xiaomao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

The next day, when the three cats were lying in the sun, a human suddenly jumped out and grabbed Shang Xiaomiao.

Shang Xiaomao struggled desperately, but the human hit his paw hard with a stick, and the huge pain made him faint.

"Shang Xiao Miao!" Yan Da Miao bared his teeth, refusing to let humans take him away.

This human has a bad smell and is a bad person.

Faced with the obstruction of Yan Damao and Juzi, the human kicked them to the side with two feet, carried the cage and got into the van.

Seeing the van running further and further away, Yan Da Miao gritted his teeth and said, "Shang Xiao Miao, I will definitely rescue you!"

Yan Damiao and Juzi chased the van along the road, and finally the van stopped at a traffic light.

They don't have much time, only 60 seconds.

Yan Damao patted the van and found that the screws of the trunk were loose. He and Orange bit the screws with their teeth and finally opened the trunk.

After shouting at Shang Xiaomao a few times but getting no response, the two cats had no choice but to drag it out by biting the cage.

Then all this was seen by a person in a car behind. He got out and told the driver of the van, "Your trunk is open and a cat got in."

Without a key to open the cage, the two cats jumped out of the car dragging the cage and ran wildly on the road, finally hiding in the bushes.

Until a long, long time passed and it was dark.

Yan Damao came out to look around, but there was no human. He and Orange dragged the cage back to their old place.

Because he didn't see them, the one-eyed cat stayed in today's territory with the cat.

"Have humans come today?" Yan Damiao asked anxiously.

The one-eyed cat came over: "No. What's wrong?"

"Shang Xiao Miao's arm was broken and he's now disabled." Yan Damiao said as he and Orange hugged each other and cried bitterly, "How is a disabled cat going to find food in the future?"

The one-eyed cat looked at the unconscious Shang Xiao Miao in the cage and said, "Let's see if there are any kind people willing to take it to the hospital. However, that would cost a lot of money."

"What if not?" Yan Damiao asked hurriedly.

"Without money and without human help, it can only wait for death." The one-eyed cat made the final judgment.

Orange jumped to the side of the cage: "Don't die, Shang Xiaomiao!"

After waiting for an hour, the usual humans finally arrived.

Yan Da Miao ran over, pounced on the human anxiously, bit the cage, and pointed at Shang Xiao Miao's hand.

Human A: "Oh my god! Has this person been kidnapped?"

Human B: "You guys are amazing! How did you save it?"

Human A: "He needs to be taken to the hospital. His hand is broken."

Human B: "Let's go. We don't know how long it will take. If we delay any longer, we might not be able to save him."

The two of them were about to leave with the cage when Yan Da Miao jumped onto it. Yan Da Miao was worried if they didn't go with him, so he took Yan Da Miao along with him. Orange was left in the care of the one-eyed cat.

Yan Damiao stared at Shang Xiaomiao who was sent to the operating room, feeling very worried.

Before it could get any more anxious, it was also sent to the operating room.

After a burst of anesthetic pain, Yan Damao shed tears. He saw his testicles and felt like he had become a eunuch.

But this is not the most important thing. Now it is very worried about Shang Xiaomiao.

It only breathed a sigh of relief when Shang Xiaomao was wrapped in a brace and placed next to it.

Yan Da Miao licked Shang Xiao Miao's face. Shang Xiao Miao woke up in a daze, stared at his paws and started crying.

"Why are you crying?" Yan Da Miao asked anxiously, "Does it hurt?"

"No," Shang Xiao Miao whimpered, "My claws are broken, I'm disabled, and I can't enter a wealthy family! Wuuuuuuu."

It always remembered to bring Yan Damiao and Juzi into a wealthy family, but now it is disabled and cannot enter a wealthy family. No wealthy family will want a disabled kitten.

Realizing this, it felt sad.

"Don't cry." Yan Damiao said, "They performed surgery on you. It's okay, your hand will be fine."

"Really?" Shang Xiaomao's eyes were filled with tears.

Yan Da Miao touched its head and said, "Really."

Shang Xiao Miao noticed that it was also lying there and asked hurriedly: "Are you injured too?"

"No," Yan Damiao said, not wanting to say that he had become a eunuch. "Oh, don't ask."

If it didn't say anything, Shang Xiaomao would become even more anxious.

"Where are you injured? Let me see." Shang Xiaomao said.

Yan Da Miao was so annoyed by it that he threw in the towel and said, "I'm neutered! I've become a eunuch!"

"What do sterilization and eunuch mean?" Shang Xiaomao asked.

Yan Da Miao glared at it and said, "It has no balls."

Shang Xiao Miao came over and licked its fur, "It's okay, I like you even without balls."

"Go away, you annoying person."

"I like you~"

By the time Shang Xiaomao's hand recovered and Yan Damao's sterilization was restored, the two cats and Orange were adopted.

Before leaving, Yan Damao was reluctant to let the one-eyed cat go with them.

The one-eyed cat knew that he was a disabled cat, and proudly said that he wanted to continue his wandering life and fulfill his dream of traveling around the world.

Orange fell in love with a blue cat and gave birth to five kittens.

Yan Da Miao has been annoyed every day since he was adopted. It turns out that the stray Shang Xiao Miao would not stick to him every day. Now in the palm-sized house, wherever he goes, Shang Xiao Miao will come over and kiss him.

Yes, now Shang Xiaomao comes over to kiss it again.

It could only accept it with helplessness and secret joy.

Occasionally, looking up at the sky through the glass, it would wonder whether the one-eyed cat has fulfilled his dream of traveling around the world and which city he is in now?